diff --git a/js/modules/loki_message_api.js b/js/modules/loki_message_api.js
index a26757159..71a493b47 100644
--- a/js/modules/loki_message_api.js
+++ b/js/modules/loki_message_api.js
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ class LokiMessageAPI {
           targetNode
         );
 
+        // do not return true if we get false here...
+        if (result === false) {
+          log.warn(
+            `loki_message:::_sendToNode - Got false from ${targetNode.ip}:${
+              targetNode.port
+            }`
+          );
+          successiveFailures += 1;
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-continue
+          continue;
+        }
+
         // Make sure we aren't doing too much PoW
         const currentDifficulty = window.storage.get('PoWDifficulty', null);
         if (